Leading expert in Medieval and Renaissance manuscript illumination, Les Enluminures offers for sale original illuminated manuscripts, books of hours, miniatures and works of art from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. To hold and to turn the pages of a manuscript is to touch hands directly with medieval Europe.
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Jewelry Focus: Your “hertes desyre” this Valentine’s Day:
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Did you know that the first use of the phrase “heart’s desire” was in a Middle English poem of the fourteenth century? At the center of the body, the heart was variously considered in the Middle Ages as the source of all memory, the path to God himself, the body politic, and even just a mechanical pump.
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PagesTHE CROSS: “the thing of mine”
THE CROSS: “the thing of mine” In 1399 the duchess of Gloucester made a bequest to her son of a cross, noting that of all her possessions, it was “the... Read more -
PublicationsI am the scribe, Joel ben Simeon
Sandra Hindman and Sharon Liberman Mintz January 4, 2021 This publication focuses on the Veneto Siddur-Sefer Minhagim, a Hebrew manuscript newly attributed to the artist-scribe Joel ben Simeon, one of the most famous figures in late medieval Hebrew manuscript... Read more -
PagesShort Takes
Browse our short videos highlighting individual artworks, presented by Sandra Hindman. Read more -
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Textmanuscripts.com
Every medieval manuscript was made and decorated by hand for a particular purpose at a certain moment in history. The online site run by Les Enluminures and dedicated to the description and sale of text manuscripts www.textmanuscripts.com offers the largest and most wide-ranging inventory of text manuscripts currently on the market.
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